Projects / IKP / Privacy Enhanced Authentication
Authentication patterns with privacy guarantees, aligned with IKP identity and key management work.
Develops authentication patterns that preserve privacy while meeting practical identity and access needs in blockchain ecosystems.
Block 14 produced two meeting reports (Privacy Enhanced Authentication and Key Management; Proof of Personhood). An IKP research pathway on zero-knowledge proofs for biometric authentication opened in July 2026, and a privacy / proof-of-personhood taxonomy is being prepared for an open, topic-focused IKP meeting ahead of Block 15. Block 15 holds a dedicated session on 16 October (privacy-enhanced authentication, ZKP, and proof of personhood).
| Type | Title | When |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting report | Block 14 MR: Privacy Enhanced Authentication and Key Management | 2026/03 |
| Meeting report | Block 14 MR: Proof of Personhood | 2026/03 |
| Meeting report | Block 13: ZKP and Privacy Enhanced Authentication | 2025/10 |
| Research pathway | IKP research pathway: ZKP and private biometric authentication | 2026/07 |
| Reference | IKP working documents | — |
Full library (including historical study reports) → Publications
IKP: Privacy Enhanced Authentication, ZKP & Proof of Personhood
Biometric ZKP side by side: what each proof actually proves, where the biometric lives, and what revocation means for a credential bound to something that cannot be rotated.
Proof of personhood as agentic AI raises the cost of not knowing a counterparty is human — review the privacy / personhood taxonomy and capture IKP comments for draft pattern updates.
Review open comments on the latest draft or meeting report.
Prep agenda items and contributors for Block 15.
Coordinate cross-WG handoffs where needed.
Official working forum (permissionless): How to work on Discourse · Open this WG ↗ · Block 15
